Molding-machine for dough and the like.



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1,069,245, Patented Aug. 5, 1913.

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PHILIPP EDUA'RD FOUCAR, or nossELnonr-ommmLK, GERMANY.

MOLDING-MACHINE FOR DOUGH AND THE LIKE.

I Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 5, 1913.

Application filed July 6, 1912; Serial No. 707,964.

To all whom it may concern:

Be .it known that I, PHILIPP EDUARD FoooAn, engineer,-subject of thaEm erorof Germany, residing at Dusseldorf-O erbilk,

Germany, have invented new and useful Iinprovements in Molding-Machines forDough and the Like, of which, the following is a specification.

This invention relates to molding machines for dough and the like and is generally applicable to all classes of machines for treating dough for the purposes of In all previous machines, it has been necessary before treating the dough to dust the contacting surfaces with floor. This dust-ing withfiour was necessary before each operation and had to be effected with cons1. erable care in order toavoid sticking of the dough. Suggestions have been made to provide permanent coverings but so far as I am aware nothing satisfactory has yet been discovered.

f The object of the present invention is to provide any machine of the type described with a form of covering which will be effective'even after some considerable time of use.

According to the present invention the surfaces of the machine which come in contjtct with the dough are provided with a covering having a short. upright pile. In this way the dough duringtreatment does not ,come in contact with a. more or l'e'ss flattened surface. but is treated by what might be called point contact. A suitable covering for the purpose is a velvet or plush with a short upright pile.

It will be understood that the invention may be applied to any form of machine for molding or shaping dough and for thepur-' poses of illustration I have indicated somewhat roughly one suitable form of molding. machine to which the present invention may The machine is shown in elevation in Figure 1, while in Fig. 2 I have shown my in- 'vention applied to one part of a machine as shown in Fig. 1.

This machine comprises a table a, movable mechanism contained behind the casing and operated from "a shaft d. The table a, mechanism, and shaft d, are all supworking surfaces composed of ported in a frame 0.. The movable table a, forms one contacting surface, and smother contacting surface may be formed by adjustable bars e.- I 4 The object of the present invention, as explained above, is to provide the contacting surfaces of the table a, and plates 0, with a suitable covering necessary to :dust before each operation.

According to the present invention, the

contacting parts are provided with a covvifiiich will render it unt ese surfaces with flour I ering f, havlnga short substantially vertical pile g. As can be seen-1n Fig. 2, the covering f, is shown applied to the top surface of the table a, sothatrthe -pilcs 9, project upwardly from the table whereby the dough h,

to be worked, does notcontact with any other surfaces but rests onithe points of the pile. The depth of the pile is measured wit-h a view to its retaining its upright positionnnder the weight of the dough to be treated. A suitable material for the. covering f, is plush, or velvet, or sheepskin, having its pi-le shorn to the desired degree.

Coverings of velvet or sheepskin have the advantage that any particles of dough sticking between the hairs or pile may be very easily removed.

This invention is not applicable to kneadv ing machines proper, which necessitate a certain amount of contacting and adhesion of the parts to the dough.

I claim:

' 1. In combination with a molding, shaping and similar working surface for dough and the like, a covering therefor having a short upright pile.

2. In combination with amolding and shaping table, means for'preventing sticking of the dough comprising a covering of fabric wit-h short upright pile.

3. In combination in a machine for molding or shaping dough, a covering for the plush, having a short upright pile.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of- Scipio of this patent may be obtained for live cents each, by addressing the f Commissioner o! Patents.

Washington, D. 

